Huracan

Creator god. Mayan (Quiche, classical Mesoamerican) [Guatemalan highlands]. Having created the world, he fashioned the first humans from pieces of maize dough. The counterpart of the Yucatec HUNAB KU.

Hunapu

Creator god. Mayan (Yucatec and Quiche, classical Mesoamerican) [Mexico]. According to the sacred text Popol Vuh, the son of HUN HUNAPU and the twin brother of Ix Balan Ku. Tradition has it that, like his father, he was decapitated in a historic struggle with the underworld gods and subsequently became the sun god, while his sibling is the apotheosis of the moon.

Hun Hunapu

Creator god. Mayan (Yucatec and Quiche, classical Mesoamerican) [Mexico]. The father of HUNAPU and Ix Balan Ku. According to the sacred Mayan text Popol Vuh, he was decapitated during a football game and his head became lodged in the calabash tree which bore fruit from that day.